2024 National Leaders Opponent First Downs - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 12/14/2024
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Clemson | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 6 | East Carolina | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Rice | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Utah | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Purdue | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 6 | San Diego State | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 6 | Western Michigan | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 14 | Kansas State | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Baylor | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | UCF | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Boston College | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Louisville | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Michigan State | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 14 | Air Force | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 14 | UAB | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 14 | Boise State | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 14 | Liberty | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 14 | Virginia | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 14 | Arizona | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 14 | Washington | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 29 | Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 29 | Indiana | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 29 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 29 | Alabama | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 29 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 29 | Duke | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| 29 | UTSA | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 29 | Kansas | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 29 | BYU | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 29 | Wisconsin | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 29 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 29 | Wyoming | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 29 | Rutgers | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 29 | Army | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 44 | South Alabama | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 44 | Syracuse | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 44 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 44 | Arkansas | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 44 | Oregon | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 44 | Tulsa | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 44 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 44 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 44 | Navy | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 44 | Marshall | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 44 | Central Michigan | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 44 | Kent State | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 44 | Texas State | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 44 | Bowling Green | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 44 | UTEP | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 59 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 59 | Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 59 | UNLV | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 59 | Colorado State | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 59 | Georgia State | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 59 | Northwestern | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 59 | Tulane | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 59 | Texas A&M | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 59 | Florida | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 59 | Appalachian State | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 59 | Toledo | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 59 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 59 | Maryland | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 72 | Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 72 | Iowa | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 72 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| 72 | Auburn | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 72 | Akron | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 72 | Buffalo | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 72 | North Texas | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 72 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 72 | South Florida | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 72 | Wake Forest | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Massachusetts | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 11.5 |
| 82 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 82 | Oklahoma | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 82 | North Carolina State | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 82 | Ohio | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 82 | LSU | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 82 | Nebraska | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 82 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 82 | Arkansas State | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 82 | Iowa State | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 82 | San Jose State | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 93 | New Mexico State | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 |
| 93 | James Madison | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 93 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 93 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 93 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 93 | Washington State | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 93 | Nevada | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 100 | Hawai'i | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 12.0 |
| 100 | Mississippi State | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 100 | Ball State | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 100 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 100 | Utah State | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 100 | Cincinnati | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 100 | New Mexico | 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 107 | Stanford | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 107 | Florida State | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 107 | Troy | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 107 | Colorado | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 111 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 |
| 111 | Charlotte | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 |
| 111 | Fresno State | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 111 | Oregon State | 1 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 22.0 |
| 115 | California | 1 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 115 | West Virginia | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 115 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 21.0 |
| 118 | Florida International | 1 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 119 | Texas Tech | 1 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 30 | 30.0 |